Spud hip-loop for harness.



T. A. FOX.

SPUD HIP LOOP FOR HARNESS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27, 1912.

1,167,812. Patented Jan.1l, 1916.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR ATTORNEYS also, preferably, of the same general configuration as the member or finger 6, shown in connection with the form of spud hip loop illustrated and described in connection with Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawing; but, it will be understood, that the said supporting member or finger 10 may be of any other suitable shape.

The manner of attaching the back-strap 1 and the double hip-strap members 2 and 3 permanently to the spud hip loop 1 is clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The strap 1 is formed with an open portion 12, so that its ends, when passed around the ringshaped body 5 will lie upon opposite sides of the member or finger 6, so that said finger, when the harness has been placed upon the horse, is vertical, or substantially so. The two members 2 and 3 of the double or split hip-strap are permanently secured to the said ring-shaped body 5 in the manner shown in said Fig. l of the drawings, and the manner of supporting the driving reins or lines 11 upon the member or finger 6 is also clearly shown in said Fig. l.

I claim 1. A spud hip loop for the hip-straps of harness comprising a ring-shaped main body of oval configuration flat so that it will lie in a single straight 'plane, and an upwardly projecting rein-supporting finger extending centrally and transversely from said oval ring-shaped body in a plane at right angles to the single straight plane of the said oval ring-shaped body, said finger comprising an upwardly extending end-member integrally connected with the said ringshaped body and curved at its free end-portion forwardly in a manner substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A spud hip loop for the hip-straps of harness comprising a ring-shaped main body of oval configuration fiat so that it will lie in a single straight plane, and an upwardly projecting rein-supporting finger extending centrally and transversely from said oval ring-shaped body in a plane at right-angles to the single straight plane of the said oval ring-shaped body, said finger comprising an upwardly extending end-member integrally connected with a marginal part of said oval ring-shaped body and curved at its free endportion forwardly and beyond the outer marginal surface portion of said part, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of February, 1912.

THOMAS A. FOX;

Witnesses:

FREDK C. FRAENTZEL, FREDK H. WV. FRAENTZEL.

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